Skiing can be the perfect combination of fun, fitness and family. Pack up the cold weather gear and the little ones and head out for a day at one of these five best ski slopes for kids near the Bay Area.

Although still a young city at the western edge of a young nation, some of San Francisco’s landmarks are connected to events prior to the year 1776. Of course, the best historic landmark of all are the 1,200-year-old coastal redwoods of Muir Woods. But a few more recent landmarks are worth mentioning as well.